Porter captains Class AA All-State team

November 22, 2012

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - Four-year starter Lacee Porter ended her senior year by helping Oak Glen successfully defend its state title and was named captain of the Class AA all-state volleyball team by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.

Porter and Philip Barbour senior Brooke DePoy, the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, were the only repeat picks on the Class AA first team unit.

"It has been great to have someone like Lacee on my team," stated veteran Oak Glen head coach Ethel Riser, who watched Porter put down 309 kills, to go along with 33 aces and 76 digs en route to a 40-6 record.

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Courtesy Action ImagesOH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN — Oak Glen’s Lacee Porter was named the captain of the West Virginia Class AA?All-State volleyball team by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.

"She is one of the hardest workers I have ever had. She strives to be the best hitter she can be. For someone her height, she can put the ball down with as great a force as the best of them."

DePoy posted 558 digs and 280 kills to go along with 69 solo blocks and 50 block assists. Both Porter and DePoy had teammates garner first team accolades thanks to juniors Morgan Poling of the Golden Bears and Nikki Shriver of the Colts.

A one-two punch on the court, Poling helped dominate at the net when Porter was in the back row. All Poling did this season was register 143 solo blocks, 43 block assists, 237 kills and added 161 digs. Shriver, who is just 20 kills away from 1,000 for her career, had 385 downed spikes this fall and added 360 digs, 89 solo blocks and 39 block assists.

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The Class AA all-state volleyball team released by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association:

Liberty's (Harrison) Shaniah Holtz moved up to first team after being selected as the second team all-state captain during her junior year. Holtz concluded her final season as a Mountaineer with 112 aces, 123 kills and 184 assists.

The other five members of the first team unit included a trio of seniors - Alicia Noble of Robert C. Byrd, Frankfort's Alexis Rice and Ravenswood's Katie Buckbee - as well as juniors Hannah King of Herbert Hoover and Brooke Foley of Independence.

King was a dominant force for the Huskies in several areas. Not only did she serve up 102 aces and put down 338 kills, but King also had 93 blocks and 83 digs. Foley, who had 704 assists, also managed 132 kills, 143 digs, 62 assists and more than two dozen blocks.

Frankfort senior Mikala Miller was chosen as captain of the all-state second team.

State runner-up Ritchie County had a pair of second team selections thanks to Kenna DeLancey and Amanda Davis. Nicholas County also was represented twice via teammates Lauren Young and Shayla Stear. The remainder of the all-state second unit was comprised of Independence's Anne Bass, PikeView's Haleigh Compton, Jenna Hancock of James Monroe, Sissonville's Bekah Baldwin and Wayne's Kasey Endicott.